Google results right-click FireFox reset
When you use FireFox, you might notice that the Google search results show a different URL once you click on a link.
Google has been experimenting/implementing/… this for quite some time now but apparently not in all countries/browsers/users/… simultaneously?
It is caused by some JavaScript script that re-routes the link through Google in order for them to be able to track clicks. Although I can imagine some people make a fuss about this, personally I do not care as long as the results are good.
But this becomes annoying once you right-click a link to copy it (e.g. in an e-mail): I want to send the original URL and it sounds a bit strange to track other people clicking on my search result (for some good reason it probably makes sense to Google though).
You can easily avoid this (at least in FireFox) with a Greasemonkey script. Scripts have been available for some time, but I made a simple one with jQuery that does the trick for me.
Download or install jQuery Google click tracking removal script.
Tags: google, javascript, jquery
10. September 2009 at 10:32
Thanks for this script, found it terribly irritating being forced to open large pdfs into another window, instead of downloading it directly.
13. September 2009 at 18:14
Aaarrggh!!!! Goddammit, Google!!! Ooooh… you fuckers. I HATE this shit! Who the fuck does Google think they are with this stupid bullshit? Did you notice that they are fucking with your cursor as well? Try doing a search in FF3 and then using your cursor to scroll down the page. Doesn’t work anymore. They put the page into “navigate page with cursor” mode. Bastards! I turned off Javascript on Google.com and now no more problems. Fuck you, Google!